(1) A person is eligible to apply to the Magistrates Court for an order authorising the road transport authority to issue a restricted licence to the person if the person is disqualified from holding or obtaining an Australian driver licence under the road transport legislation or any other Territory law.
(2) However, the person is not eligible to apply if a provision of the road transport legislation provides that a person is not entitled to apply for a restricted licence in relation to the disqualification.
Note A person is not eligible to apply for a restricted licence if any of the following provisions of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999 apply to the person:
• subsection 67 (2) (which is about disqualification for certain serious offences)
• subsection 67 (4) (which is about disqualification until a court orders otherwise)
• subsection 67 (5) (which is about the disqualification under the law of any jurisdiction of a person who is the holder of a restricted licence)
• subsection 88 (4) (which is about suspension or disqualification for default in payment of an outstanding fine).